Fancy Creek, Clay County
Title
Fancy Creek, Clay County
Subject
Not So Fancy, Fancy Creek: Clay County, Kansas
Description
Fancy Creek was not a town at all, but a loose collection of settler homesteads in a township originally named Goshen. Goshen Township was first established and settled on March 18th, 1860 by Capt. G. Shaubel and others who came from the town of Goshen, Indiana. The first settlement along Fancy Creek itself was made by a man named Gabriel Spurrier in March of 1860.
Creator
Kevin Cook
Publisher
The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Date
Fall 2011
Rights
The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Relation
Kansas State University
Format
pdf
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
Kevin Cook, “Fancy Creek, Clay County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, accessed May 28, 2023, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/62.